Holdings: Does the Investment Climate Matter? Microeconomic Foundations of Growth in Latin America

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Does the Investment Climate Matter? Microeconomic Foundations of Growth in Latin America

This book aims to fill that gap by using extensive and new firm-level data. It provides an alternative, albeit complementary, approach to previous studies of the determinants of the region's growth performance, which are mostly based on cross-...

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Main Authors:	Fajnzylber, Pablo, Guasch, J. Luis, López, J. Humberto
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : The World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ANNUAL GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH BANK LOANS BANKRUPTCY BENCHMARK BUREAUCRACY BUSINESS CYCLE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS REGULATIONS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL STOCK CAPITAL STOCKS CHECKING ACCOUNTS COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPETITIVENESS COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORPORATE TAXES CORRUPT OFFICIALS CORRUPTION COUNTRY LEVEL COUNTRY REGRESSIONS COUNTRY RISK CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT IMPERFECTIONS CRISES CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE DEBT DECREASING RETURNS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEPOSITS DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING REGIONS DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DIMINISHING RETURNS DOMESTIC CREDIT ECONOMETRIC ANALYSES ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMICS LITERATURE ECONOMICS PROFESSION ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EXPORT PROMOTION EXPORTS EXTERNAL FACTORS EXTERNALITIES FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DEPTH FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INFORMATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL SECTORS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FIRM GROWTH FIRM PERFORMANCE FISCAL POLICY FIXED CAPITAL FIXED EFFECTS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBALIZATION GOVERNANCE MEASURES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROSS INVESTMENT GROWTH ACCELERATIONS GROWTH COMPONENT GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH FRONT GROWTH MODELS GROWTH OF LABOR GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HIGH GROWTH HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME PER CAPITA
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/10060787/investment-climate-matter-microeconomic-foundations-growth-latin-america http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6300

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/10060787/investment-climate-matter-microeconomic-foundations-growth-latin-america
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6300